FAMU football's QB depth provides abundance of options to win starting job for 2025 season

[ASFN Admin]

A potent offense starts with a good quarterback.

Florida A&M football is doing the groundwork to ensure it has viable options for the starting quarterback job for the 2025 season.

The Rattlers have landed five quarterbacks this offseason, with RJ Johnson III, Tyler Jefferson, Jett Peddy, and Lawrence Wright IV transferring in. RJ Mayes, out of Marianna, is the Rattlers’ lone high school quarterback addition.

FAMU’s quintet of new quarterbacks joins returners, Traven Green and Bryson Martin.

That makes it a total of seven quarterbacks for the Rattlers.

Whoever starts at quarterback for FAMU this season will follow in the footsteps of two consecutive standout Rattler signal callers, Jeremy Moussa from 2022-2023 and Daniel Richardson from 2024. Both were top quarterbacks in the Southwestern Athletic Conference and HBCU All-American honorable mentions.

So, who will take the first snap under center when FAMU football opens its season versus the Howard Bison at Miami’s Orange Blossom Classic on Saturday, Aug. 30?

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Let’s look at the options.

Traven Green, Returning​

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• Classification: Redshirt Freshman
• Hometown: Rockledge, Florida
• Height/Weight: 6-foot-2, 170 pounds
• 2024 Stats: Did Not Play

RJ Johnson III, Transfer from Toledo​

• Classification: Redshirt Sophomore
• Hometown: Atlanta, Georgia
• Height/Weight: 6-foot-2, 210 pounds
• 2024 Stats: Did Not Play

RJ Mayes, Signee from Marianna High School​

• Classification: Freshman
• Hometown: Marianna, Florida
• Height/Weight: 5-foot-10, 150 pounds
• 2024 Stats: 106 completions on 170 attempts (62 percent), 1,678 passing yards, 20 touchdowns, five interceptions, 46 carries for 382 rushing yards and five touchdowns

Tyler Jefferson, Transfer from Central Michigan​

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• Classification: Redshirt Sophomore
• Hometown: High Springs, Florida
• Height/Weight: 6-foot, 235 pounds
• 2024 Stats: 27 completions on 58 attempts (47 percent), 286 passing yards, one interception, 43 rushing attempts for 282 yards and one touchdown

Bryson Martin, Returning​

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• Classification: Redshirt Junior
• Hometown: Clearwater, Florida
• Height/Weight: 6-foot-3, 195 pounds
• 2024 Stats: one completion on one attempt, six passing yards

Jett Peddy, Transfer from Long Beach City College​

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• Classification: Junior
• Hometown: Torrance, California
• Height/Weight: 6-foot-2, 191 pounds
• 2024 Stats: 200 completions on 339 attempts (59 percent), 2,706 passing yards, 23 touchdowns, five interceptions

Lawrence Wright IV, Transfer from Florida​

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• Classification: Redshirt Freshman
• Hometown: Miami, Florida
• Height/Weight: 6-foot-1, 243 pounds
• 2024 Stats: Did Not Play

Florida A&M Football 2025 Schedule​

• Week 1: Saturday, Aug. 30 ― vs. Howard (Orange Blossom Classic at Miami Gardens' Hard Rock Stadium), 4 p.m., ESPNU
• Week 2: Saturday, Sept. 6 ― at Florida Atlantic, 6 p.m., ESPN Plus
• Week 3: Saturday, Sept. 13 ― vs. Albany State, 7 p.m.
• Week 4: BYE/OPEN WEEK
• Week 5: Saturday, Sept. 27 ― vs. Alabama State (SWAC), 3 p.m.
• Week 6: Saturday, Oct. 4 ― vs. Mississippi Valley State (SWAC/at Atlanta's Mercedes-Benz Stadium)
• Week 7: Saturday, Oct. 11 ― vs. North Carolina Central, 3 p.m.
• Week 8: Saturday, Oct. 18 ― vs. Alcorn State (SWAC/Homecoming), 4 p.m.
• Week 9: Saturday, Oct. 25 ― at Southern (SWAC)
• Week 10: Saturday, Nov. 1 ― vs. Jackson State (SWAC), 7 p.m.
• Week 11: Saturday, Nov. 8 ― at Arkansas-Pine Bluff (SWAC), 3 p.m.
• Week 12: Saturday, Nov. 15 ― at Alabama A&M (SWAC), 3 p.m.
• Week 13: Saturday, Nov. 22 ― vs. Bethune-Cookman (SWAC/Florida Classic at Orlando's Camping World Stadium)
• Saturday, Nov. 29 ― NCAA FCS Playoffs Begin (If Necessary)
• Saturday, Dec. 6 ― SWAC Championship Game (If Necessary)
• Saturday, Dec. 13 ― Celebration Bowl at Atlanta's Mercedes-Benz Stadium (If Necessary)
• Monday, Jan. 5, 2026 ― NCAA FCS National Championship Game at Nashville's FirstBank Stadium (If Necessary)

All times listed are in Eastern Standard Time.

Gerald Thomas, III is a multi-time award-winning journalist for his coverage of the Florida A&M Rattlers at the Tallahassee Democrat.

Follow his award-winning coverage on RattlerNews.com and contact him via email at [email protected] or on the app formerly known as Twitter @3peatgee.

This article originally appeared on Tallahassee Democrat: FAMU football QBs: A look at the Rattlers' options for starting job

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